The six cases on the left were cleaned using my old vibratory tumbler. The six cases on the right were using my new Thumler's rotary tumbler with steel cleaning media, soap, Lemi-Shine, and water. See how much cleaner the rotary cases are? I love how the inside and the primer pockets have no black left on them.

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Your brass looks really nice. I've been reloading for years. When I was a young man (40 years ago) I used a Lee loader, can't get more basic than that. I reloaded .38 spl with that for many years with good results. At that time I never cleaned my brass, just reamed out the primer pockets every now and then. Now I use a Franklin vibrator cleaner and my brass looks like your pictures on the left, clean, but not as pretty as your washed version. Since I shoot reloads almost exclusively from revolvers and semis, I'm curious how clean does the brass really need to be? good luck

Your brass looks really nice. I've been reloading for years. When I was a young man (40 years ago) I used a Lee loader, can't get more basic than that. I reloaded .38 spl with that for many years with good results. At that time I never cleaned my brass, just reamed out the primer pockets every now and then. Now I use a Franklin vibrator cleaner and my brass looks like your pictures on the left, clean, but not as pretty as your washed version. Since I shoot reloads almost exclusively from revolvers and semis, I'm curious how clean does the brass really need to be? good luck

in the old days folks just wiped the grit off the outside of the case deprimed and reloaded. even that isnt really needed if you dont care about messing up your dies.

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"Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound." — L. Neil Smith

The problem with being stupid is you cannot simply decide to stop doing dumb things...

The six cases on the left were cleaned using my old vibratory tumbler. The six cases on the right were using my new Thumler's rotary tumbler with steel cleaning media, soap, Lemi-Shine, and water. See how much cleaner the rotary cases are? I love how the inside and the primer pockets have no black left on them.

The six cases on the left were cleaned using my old vibratory tumbler. The six cases on the right were using my new Thumler's rotary tumbler with steel cleaning media, soap, Lemi-Shine, and water. See how much cleaner the rotary cases are? I love how the inside and the primer pockets have no black left on them.

Your brass looks really nice. I've been reloading for years. When I was a young man (40 years ago) I used a Lee loader, can't get more basic than that. I reloaded .38 spl with that for many years with good results. At that time I never cleaned my brass, just reamed out the primer pockets every now and then. Now I use a Franklin vibrator cleaner and my brass looks like your pictures on the left, clean, but not as pretty as your washed version. Since I shoot reloads almost exclusively from revolvers and semis, I'm curious how clean does the brass really need to be? good luck